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Binoy:
Word-193 (27-07-12)
douse (verb)
1. ভিজিয়ে দেওয়া; to make something or someone wet by throwing a lot of liquid over them
The car was doused in petrol and set alight.
We watched as demonstrators doused a car in/with petrol and set it alight.
2. আগুন নিভানো; to stop a fire or light from burning or shining, especially by putting water on it or by covering it with something
dousing the burning hut
The firefighters have at last doused the fire.
Binoy:
Word-194 (28-07-12)
dowry (noun)
যৌতুক; an amount of money or property which a woman's parents give to the man she marries
a dowry of two lakh taka
The family is dead against dowry.
Dowry is a great curse in Bengali society.
The woman was tortured as her parents could not pay the dowry.
Binoy:
Word-195 (29-07-12)
doze (verb)
অল্প সময়ের জন্য ঘুমানো; to sleep lightly for a short time
My cat likes dozing in front of the fire.
doze (noun)
অল্প সময়ের জন্য ঘুম; a short light sleep
He's just having a little doze on the settee.
dozy (adjective)
ক্লান্ত ও তন্দ্রালু; tired and wanting to sleep
Drinking a beer at lunchtime makes me feel dozy all afternoon.
dozily (adverb)
তন্দ্রালুভাবে; in a dozy way
He finished his dinner dozily.
Phrase:
doze off
দিনের বেলা ঘুমানো; to go to sleep, especially during the day
The office was so hot I nearly dozed off at my desk.
She dozed off in front of the fire.
Binoy:
Word-196 (30-07-12)
drab (adjective)
বিরক্তিকর; সাদামাটা; boring, especially in appearance; lacking colour and excitement
a cold drab little office
drab women, dressed in brown and white
I feel so drab in this grey uniform.
She walked through the city centre with its drab, grey buildings and felt depressed.
drabness (noun)
বিরক্তিকর বা সাদামাটা ভাব; the state of being drab
the drabness of her performance
It's the unrelieved drabness of big industrial cities that depresses me.
Idiom:
in dribs and drabs
একটু একটু করে; in small amounts, a few at a time
The charity was coming in dribs and drabs.
She paid me in dribs and drabs, not all at once.
Binoy:
Word-197 (31-07-12)
dread (verb)
ভয় পাওয়া; আশঙ্কা করা; to be very afraid of sth; to fear that sth bad is going to happen:
I dread being sick.
She dreads her husband finding out.
I'm dreading having to meet his parents.
This was the moment he had been dreading.
He's dreading his driving test - he's sure he's going to fail.
I dread to think what would happen if there really was a fire here.
dread (noun)
ভয় বা আশঙ্কা; a strong feeling of fear or worry
She has an irrational dread of hospitals.
I live in dread of bumping into her in the street.
The prospect of growing old fills me with dread.
My greatest dread is that my parents will find out.
The prospect of working full-time fills me with dread.
The committee members live in dread of anything that may cause a scandal.
dreaded (adjective)
ভীতিকর; causing fear
The dreaded moment had finally arrived.
I've got my dreaded cousin coming to stay!
Did I hear the dreaded word ‘homework’?
dreadful (adjective)
ভয়ঙ্কর; বাজে; very bad, of very low quality, or shocking and very sad
a dreadful accident
How dreadful!
Jinat looked dreadful.
What dreadful weather!
What a dreadful thing to say!
They suffered dreadful injuries.
It’s dreadful the way they treat their staff.
The food was bad and the service was dreadful.
I was beginning to think I'd made a dreadful mistake.
The news report was so dreadful that I just had to switch it off.
She’s making a dreadful mess of things.
I’m afraid there’s been a dreadful mistake.
dreadfully (adverb)
ভয়ঙ্করভাবে; in an extreme way
I’m dreadfully sorry.
I miss you dreadfully.
She behaved dreadfully.
He was dreadfully upset.
I'm dreadfully sorry - I really am.
They suffered dreadfully during the war.
Idiom:
dread to think
চিন্তা করতে ভয় পাওয়া; used to say that you do not want to think about something because it is too worrying
I dread to think what would happen if he was left to cope on his own.
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